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Ngurrara Artists Western Desert Region

Ngurrara Canvas II (1997)

On the Western Edge: Witnessing Bluett’s 

Photography Exhibition (& Book) Review On the Western Edge: Witnessing Bluett’s | Various artists Manuka Arts Centre Gardens | 1 – 17 Dec 2022 The exhibition On the Western Edge: Witnessing Bluetts opened as a pop-up at Bluett’s Block on the evening of 1 December and I’m delighted that I managed to get there as it was well worth seeing. It is a group show (with an accompanying book) revolving…

The Unist’ot’en camp, a permanent Indigenous re-occupation of Wet’suwet’en land in northern B.C., is currently on high alert. Coastal GasLink Pipeline has applied for an injunction, as well as served notice for a civil lawsuit to claim financial damages for “occupying, obstructing, blocking, physically impeding or delaying access” against Unist’ot’en camp on their own unceded territory.  Instead of recognizing the collective hereditary leadership of the Wet'suwet'en, the legal notices target two  individuals Freda Huson and Warner Naziel. On December 2018, B.C. Supreme Court issued an interim court injunction granting Coastal GasLink the go-ahead to proceed with their fracked gas pipeline on unceded Wet'suwet'en territory. Through this interim injunction, RCMP forcibly and violently invaded the Wet'suwet'en Access Point on Gitdumden territory, which was announced in the Wet’suwet’en feast hall with the support of all Hereditary Chiefs present. Coastal Gaslink's application for an injunction will be heard on January 31. The Wet’suwet’en nation is enacting their laws and jurisdiction on their territories against the violent resource extraction authorized by the federal and provincial governments. Let Unist'ot'en Camp know they are not alone. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TAKE THE PLEDGE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. WE COMMEND the courage and vision of Unist’ot’en Camp. 2. WE ARE WATCHING across the province, country and internationally. 3. WE DENOUNCE any attempt by Coastal GasLink Pipeline, federal government, provincial government or RCMP to interfere in the rights of the Unist’ot’en to occupy, manage or maintain their lands. 4. WE DEMAND that any and all actions taken by the federal and provincial government, industry, and policing agencies must be consistent with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and Anuk Nu'at'en (Wet'suwet'en laws) and collective Title. 5. WE PLEDGE support to the frontline land defenders of Unist’ot’en Camp and affirm the collective hereditary governance of the Wet'suwet'en who are enforcing Wet'suwet'en laws on their unceded  lands.

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Native title stays on Adani site until finance confirmed: Minister

Posted September 15, 2018 08:01:25

Traditional owners of Adani’s proposed mine site will keep their native title rights unless the Indian corporation can prove it has finance in place for the multi-billion-dollar project, the Queensland Government says.

Key points:

Mines Minister Anthony Lynham said Adani must prove financing before native title is extinguished

The ALP voted to…

Aboriginal group ‘just want to be included’ in vote on proposed nuclear waste dump in SA

Updated August 23, 2018 18:14:05

The Human Rights Commission has been asked to decide whether an Aboriginal group should have a say on the location of a proposed nuclear waste dump in regional South Australia.

A community vote on the proposed dump on the Eyre Peninsula was referred to the commission following accusations it discriminated against Aboriginal native title holders.

The…

Nine tenths of the law

There’s a principle that states that possession is nine tenths of the law. It’s a principle that is familiar to every school yard bully who ever stole your toys in the playground, but that fact did not deter the British when they arrived in Australia from the end of the 18th century onward. Finding an Aboriginal population had beaten them to nine of those tenths by a matter of a mere 60 thousand…